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pakkāmi
aor 3rd sg of pakkāmi (verb); aor 2nd sg of pakkāmi (verb)
- left; set off; went away (from); lit. went forward
- came out (of); stepped out (from); lit. went forward
Built from
- pa — prefix · forward, forth
Directional prefix marking motion outward and ahead. Works like Latin pro- and English forth.
- k — prefix · reduplication
Reduplication of the initial consonant, standard in aorist formation to mark completed past action.
- kam — root · go, move
Root for motion. Cognate with English 'come' and related to Sanskrit gam-. Same root in Pali kamati (goes), kammaṁ (deed—what one has gone through).
- ā — ending · aorist
Aorist tense marker, indicating simple past action without aspect of continuity or result. Used here in 3rd person singular (with elision of the expected -i).
Analysis. pa + √kam (go), with reduplication and aorist formation: 'went forward, stepped out'
Etymology. From pa- (forward, forth) + √kam (go), cognate with Latin *kam- in Oscan 'came' and English 'come'. The prefix pa- gives forward motion; √kam is motion. The reduplication (k-) and aorist -ā- are standard verb-formation devices. Concrete sense: stepping forth and away.